We woke up early today and packed up all the bags. Uncle Billy got to the hotel around 8am to load everything up and start our journey to Biloxi. We ate breakfast first and made a stop at a Independent Living Home that Uncle Billy wanted Pepa too look at.
When we arrive at Christopher Homes in New Orleans the front desk seemed to be somewhat helpful, but of course not as helpful as i would like them to be. They never are.The girl walked out and we explained to her that we would like to get some information and if nothing else put Pepa and Shells names on the list for the next available apartment home there. She sort of rolled her eyes and left the room to get some paper work for us to fill out. (Note: we are NOT trying to force them into a home we are merely wanting to keep their options open because waiting list in those types of places can be very long. Sometimes 1-2 years long.) She came back with 3 packets of paper that had to be at least 20 pages thick each. She said that we would need to fill out all 3 separately for Pepa and all three separately for Shelley. Are you kidding me?? I think they use this as a overwhelming factor for old people. Afterall they are FULL! No one has the patience or the time to fill all that crap out. Thank God i was there and i know a little bit about equal opportunity housing and such from being in the apartment business. We asked her if we could fill them out there and again she seemed put out by the entire situation. She explained to us that she would need all sorts of documents and that we should probably take it home, because it could take several hours. I insisted that we would fill them out there because i knew that Pepa was probably just humoring Uncle Bill and I for all that we had done. She took us to another room and we sat down and tried to sort our way through all the papers. When i sat down i realized that they were all the same damn packet. For Real?? This girl was nuts! I tried to befriend her by telling her that i worked in the same type of business and agreeing with her that sometimes people can be very hard to work with. I assured her that we were not that kind of people. She talked with me for a minute and i found out that she had been in the apartment business a year ago in Katy Texas. She went into her office and left us alone for a few minutes. Uncle Bill was filling out one set of papers and i was filling out the other. Most of the information that they needed we had with us Thank God. After all, they were moving so it wasn't at the house for sure. Shelley had to use the restroom and you know how that goes...i had to quickly walk her down the hall and through the dining area to get the other side of the building. When i returned it looked as if the girl had a change of heart. She was helping Uncle Billy fill everything out. I picked back up on the paperwork that i was working on and in about 30 minutes flat we were done and out of there. It is amazing what finding common ground with someone can do for you! I think Pepa felt good to get that out of the way as well. Its just an option. but we do want him to have that option if an apartment does in fact come available. I mean really all he has to say is no if he isn't interested in the apartment at the time that they call.
We all got back into our cars. Uncle Billy was leading the way in his car and i was following. This took so much stress of me not having to worry about if i was on the right highway or going the wrong direction. The drive went really smoothly. I think that Pepa and Shelley were ready to settle into the hotel for a week or two in Biloxi after being on the road and in several hotels all week with me. :)
We arrived at the Best Western where they are staying and got them all settled in. I think Shell was a little upset when she realized that i would be leaving to go home in a few hours. I got her all relaxed and let her take a little nap before lunch while i called the social worker in Arlington to find out the address of her dialysis tomorrow.
While i was on the call much to my surprise they still had not gotten an approval from her doctor for the time or the procedure tomorrow.This was all supposed to be settled 2 weeks ago. I was so sick of dealing with stupid people so i called Crystal, my sis, to do the "dirty" work. She is good at setting people straight and getting the job done. So she called the social worker and about an hour later we had an appointment time and conformation. Thank you Crystal!
When they woke up from their nap we decided to go to lunch one last time before i left at 4 to catch my plane in New Orleans. It was bittersweet knowing that i had completed the task that i was called to do, but still having to leave them. I felt Peace but also Sadness as well. Cousin Alice came to the hotel after we got back and took over from there. I think that i might have overwhelmed her with all the information that i was giving her. She probably thought i was NUTS, but i know that she will appreciate it in the end. I hugged Shell and Pepa one more time and off we were on the road again for 2 hour back to New Orleans.
Uncle Bill and i had a really good talk on the way back to the airport. It is nice to get to know some of the family that you never had a chance to know before because we all live so far away from one another. I love him! He is definitely an Angel sent from God. Without him i don't know how all of this would have worked out.
I got to the airport around 6pm. Plenty early enough to "lolly gag" around for awhile and just settle into all of my thoughts. I had been wanting a Smoothie King all week but never got to stop. There was one in the airport! Can u believe that?? Ahhh at last...me, smoothie king, and on my way back to Dallas i went. The flight went well and seemed to go by really fast. Probably because i was reading US Magazine getting caught up an all the gossip in Hollywood which always makes me feel better! ;) Crystal and Britton were waiting on me when my plane landed. i was never so happy to see them in all my life! The journey was complete! Thank You Jesus that i made it through. Now all I have to do is drive 4 hours back home to new Braunfels tomorrow... XOXO
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